The Great British Pubco Scam. Pubs are closing all over Britain yet pubs are places that most people love and think fondly of as some of the most significant, treasured, iconic parts of our culture, places to be cherished, nurtured and looked after. Yet they're closing everywhere... WHY? It doesn't make sense does it? Read on...
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Friday, February 18, 2011

Oh do come on. What makes you say the British pub is 'still the envy of the world'? Whose world exactly might that be?

Cranfield / LCC has set this years MA in Business Communications 'a marketing challenge': How to change the widespread perception in people all over the world that British pubs are horrible places to avoid; Where the British get dangerously drunk - where we binge drink and vomit in public - where we fight and shout at each other - where the food is horrible; the drinks badly made; the service rude and dismissive - etc etc etc. That is what people really think about pubs the world over. And who can blame them given how they are promoted by government, health lobby and the British media.

The Cranfield challenge was to propose ways of altering this perception specifically for London pubs and attract tourists to pubs rather than avoid them.

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J Mark Dodds

I’m one of the Pub Persuaders, one of the Pub Professionals, one of the People who knows what’s going on – in PUBS that is - and this blog is about pubs, why they are so important to people and why they must be preserved, reinvigorated, enhanced and remade fit for purpose for the 21st century and beyond and how they must be made sustainable so that future generations can enjoy and learn from the rich seams of knowledge that can be found on everyone’s doorstep in every humble pub – until it’s closed forever – until it’s too late and people say ‘what happened to our pub? We really NEEDED that pub!’
I’m a publican, parent and photographer with a lot of food and drink experience in some of the busiest restaurants and clubs in Britain. Since long before 2008 (when I co-founded the Fair Pint Campaign) I’ve been a pro pubs, people and places person at the forefront of the national conversation about why pubs are closing… everywhere.
I love good pubs, my kids love good pubs, all my friends love good pubs – everyone loves good pubs and I’m determined to make sure good pubs remain part of everybody’s experience - of growing up in the UK and of visiting this country.